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TIL South Korea has a complete ban on pornography.

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bplp TIL that a case of mass hallucinations and insanity in a small French village in 1951 may have been caused by a secret CIA LSD experiment called Project Span
PQVE TIL that sharks dont have a urinary system and excrete urea through their skin. After catching a shark it needs to be bled quickly to rid the shark of the urea in the blood which can ruin the meat.
KYw9E TIL that 17th century Catholic scholars thought it possible that Jesus's detached foreskin ascended to Heaven and became the rings of Saturn.
ANMWn TIL shorts were once considered taboo in America. The city of Honesdale, PA banned the wearing of shorts in 1938, "Honesdale is a modest town, not a bathing beach." In May 1959, Plattsburgh, N.Y. banned the wearing of shorts by anyone over 16. Violators received a $25 fine or 25 days in jail.
rKgW TIL of a compulsive art vandal named Hans-Joachim Bohlmann, who caused almost $190 million worth of damage over his lifetime by attacking famous works of art .